April 2, 2019
12:30 2:20 4:15 6:10 8:00 9:50
Through Tuesday, April 2
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY HEDDY HONIGMANN
Heddy Honigmann, who has had retrospectives at MoMA and the Centre Pompidou, is the ne plus ultra of documentary filmmakers. With BUDDY, she turns her unerring eye to the relationship between dogs and people. Forget the ubiquitous “emotional support dog,” everyone’s favorite companion. These six pooches do amazing things: they open and close drawers, turn their mistress over in bed, remove paper from the computer printer, push a syringe into flesh, put on a woman’s socks, and pull up her blanket. They soothe a veteran with PTSD and a severely autistic child. With characteristic reserves of warmth and humor, Honigmann gives the dogs equal face time – a film about love, courage and trust, both human and canine.
THE NETHERLANDS 2018 86 MINS. IN DUTCH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
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